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Young Carpenter Is Building Quite a Career </div>
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<p>For Most high school girls, their teenaged years are filled with driver&rsquo;s license tests, school dances and social studies exams. Not for Alex Carpenter. She has experienced her social studies firsthand as the youngest member of the 2010 U.S. Women&rsquo;s National Under-18 Team.</p>
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<p class="textlinkblack"><strong>Position:</strong> Forward <br /><strong>Shoots:</strong> Left<br /><strong>Height:</strong> 5-foot-6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><strong>Weight:</strong> 148 pounds<br /><strong>Birthdate:</strong> April 13, 1994<br /><strong>Hometown:</strong> North Reading, Mass. <br /><strong>College:</strong> Committed to Boston College (Fall 2011)<br /><strong>USA Hockey History:</strong> A member of the 2010 U.S. Women&rsquo;s Under-18 National Team. Finished tournament with 9 points (8 goals, 1 assist).</p>
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<p>Judging from her performance against players from the Czech Republic, Finland and Japan, she passed her first international test with flying colors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Being a 15-year-old, one of the youngest out there, I definitely thought about [my age] a lot,&rdquo; Carpenter admits. &ldquo;It got to be a bit overwhelming at first, but all the girls were so great and once I got into the motions,&nbsp; being the youngest didn&rsquo;t really faze me much anymore.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Carpenter has been used to standing out in the crowd. The daughter of 18-year NHL star and U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer, Bobby Carpenter, and a mom who med- aled in figure skating, you could say that skating is in Alex&rsquo;s blood.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My whole family grew up on ice,&rdquo; Carpenter says. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just kind of what we did.&rdquo;<br />More than just doing it, Alex quickly excelled at it.</p>
<p>After stints playing hockey in New Jersey, where her dad was assistant coach with the Devils, the family relocated to the Boston area, where Carpenter&rsquo;s talent really began to shine. Since joining the</p>
<p>Governor&rsquo;s Academy Varsity team as a 13-year-old, Carpenter has already racked up a total of 155 goals and 136 assists for 291 points over three years.</p>
<p>In addition, the team has accumulated three back-to-back New England area championships, with Carpenter garnering back-to-back tournament MVP awards.</p>
<p>It was her success there that helped lead her to the USA Hockey tryout camps&nbsp; where Boston College Head Coach Katie King took notice.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The tryout process with the U-18 [Team], and when she first started coming to the USA hockey camps was when we really got to see her,&rdquo; says King, who was a scoring star on three U.S. Olympic Women&rsquo;s Teams. &ldquo;She was there as just a 14-year-old, [but she was] someone you knew had a great sense for the game. Her vision of the ice is really ahead of her age.&rdquo;</p>
<p>That vision was apparent in this year&rsquo;s IIHF Under-18 World Championships in Woodridge, Ill., where Carpenter helped her team to a silver-medal finish with eight goals and an assist in five games, tied for second in team scoring behind veteran Kendall Coyne.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I really think she&rsquo;s [Alex] proven herself this past year with the U-18 Team,&rdquo; says assistant coach Shelley Looney.</p>
<p>&ldquo;She was one of our strongest forwards. She has the ability to make things happen, not only scoring, but also creating opportunities. And at only 15 [years-old] and being on the U-18 Team and helping lead us into the gold-medal round, she clearly has a bright future ahead of her.&rdquo;</p>
<p>But despite all the goals scored and points tallied, the highlight of Alex&rsquo;s already impressive young hockey career is donning the red, white and blue, just as her father did as a member of U.S. Teams that competed in the 1984 and 1987 Canada Cups.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;It was an honor to be putting the Team USA jersey over my head,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really what every athlete in the U.S. dreams of. What I really want to do now is go back [with Under-18] and win the gold &hellip; I would love that.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Judging from her early returns, it looks like Carpenter will have many more opportunities down the road.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way she [Alex] reads off of her teammates, she knows what she&rsquo;s going to do,&rdquo; King says. &ldquo;When you look at the chemistry she has with some of her older teammates you can tell that they are going to rise to success in this [USA Hockey] program.&rdquo;</p>
<p>While King will not be coaching with the U.S Women&rsquo;s National team this year, she will have the chance to coach Carpenter again, as the highly-ranked prospect has verbally committed to Boston College following her senior year.</p>
<p>But no matter what team she plays for, Carpenter is ready to give it her all.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Whether it&rsquo;s for my high school team, Boston College or Team USA,&rdquo; she says, &ldquo;I just want to go out there and do my best to help lead my team to victory.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Danny Rosengard</strong><br /><strong>Age: </strong>14<br /><strong>Hometown:</strong> San Antonio, Texas</p>
<p>In addition to leading the San Antonio Thunder Bantam team to the River City Hockey Association&rsquo;s Commissioners Cup last season, Danny Rosengard has plenty on his plate. Danny is a USA Hockey Level 2 referee and coach, as well as a published author. He gained a lot of attention after he wrote a book to help children understand how those with autism are different. Danny&rsquo;s book, The ABC&rsquo;s of Autism was inspired by his autistic friend, Matthew. In April, which is Autism Awareness month, Danny was featured on a segment of NBC&rsquo;s Today Show.</p>
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http://usahockeymagazine.com/article/2010-09/alex-carpenter#commentsAlex CarpenterBoston CollegeU.S. Women’s Under 18 TeamWomen's HockeyFirst LinersThu, 16 Sep 2010 22:06:03 +0000admin3123 at http://usahockeymagazine.comFourth-Place Bodes Well For Futurehttp://usahockeymagazine.com/article/2009-06/fourth-place-bodes-well-future
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<p>Encouraged by what he saw from his young charges, U.S. National and Olympic Team head coach Ron Wilson found a silver lining to his team&rsquo;s performance at the 2009 IIHF World Championship, even if that was the only precious metal associated with the event.</p>
<p>After earning a spot in the semifinals, thanks to a spirited effort against Finland in the quarterfinals, the U.S. lost a pair of heartbreakers, first to Russia (3-2) in the final two minutes, and then to Sweden (4-2) in the bronze-medal game.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I thought our young team deserved a little better fate in the tournament,&rdquo; said Wilson. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re disappointed as we came here to win a medal, but our guys left it all out on the ice, and that&rsquo;s all you can ask.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Despite the loss, the U.S. moved up to fifth in the world rankings.</p>
<p>The U.S. team was in search of its fourth bronze medal at the World Championships. The first three came in 1962, 1996 (also when coached by Wilson), and 2004.</p>
<p>The U.S. squad came to Berne, Switzerland with one of the youngest teams in the tournament, averaging 24.80 years of age, and with several questions, especially in goal. But journeyman netminder Robert Esche, who spent the season staring down Russian shooters in the Kontinental Hockey League, proved he is deserving of another shot in the NHL. His .891 save percentage and a 3.12 goals-against average doesn&rsquo;t tell the whole story. He stood tall when he had to, weathering the Finnish onslaught early on in the quarterfinal game until the U.S. scorers found their aim.</p>
<p>The Americans opened the tournament with wins against Latvia (4-2) and Austria (6-1) before falling to Sweden, 6-5, in overtime. Despite winning only one of its three games in the qualification round, the U.S. punched its ticket to the quarterfinals, where Esche stood strong with a 47-save performance.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We got unbelievable goaltending, especially in the first period when we needed it most,&rdquo; said Wilson.</p>
<p>Offensively the U.S. squad was led by its blueline corps, including John-Michael Liles (1 goal, 8 assists), Jack Johnson (5 goals, 2 assists) and Ron Hainsey (2 goals, 4 assists). Up front, team captain Dustin Brown provided the spark with his aggressive play and timely contributions (3 goals, 5 assists).</p>
<p>Wilson said the tournament was a learning experience about European hockey for himself and the U.S. team nine months before the Olympics tournament in Vancouver.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&ldquo;My focus is entirely on the Olympics Games. I have a couple of young assistants who are capable,&rdquo; Wilson said. &ldquo;With NHL referees at the Olympic Games, it&rsquo;s exactly what the best players in the league need.&rdquo;</p>
<h2><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/sites/default/files/images/0906-news-Olympic-Rosters-1.img_assist_custom-193x299.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom-193x299 " width="193" height="299" /></span>Olympic Roster Deadline</h2>
<p>The IIHF Congress determined that teams participating in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver will have to name their men's rosters no later than Dec. 31, 2009.</p>
<p>Each team is permitted to register and enter a maximum of 20 players and three goaltenders into the Olympics tournament. No additional players can be added to the rosters once the maximum number of players is entered.</p>
<p>The Men&rsquo;s Olympic ice hockey tournament is set to start on Feb. 16, with the United States taking on Switzerland. The gold-medal game will take place on Feb. 28, the final day of the Olympics.</p>
<p>As part of its preparation for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, USA Hockey will stage an Olympic Orientation Camp Aug. 17-19 at the Seven Bridges Arena in Woodbridge, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.</p>
<h2>Women&rsquo;s U18 To Be Contested On U.S. Soil</h2>
<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/sites/default/files/images/0906-news-WOmen&#039;s-U18-Team-3.img_assist_custom-180x271.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom-180x271 " width="180" height="270" /></span>The U.S. Women&rsquo;s Under 18&nbsp; Team will go for the threepeat on home soil as USA Hockey was selected to host the 2010 IIHF World Women&rsquo;s U18 Championship by the IIHF Council in Berne, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The tentative dates for the championship are March 27-April 3. USA Hockey will announce a host for the 2010 IIHF World&nbsp; Women&rsquo;s U18 Championship in the coming months.</p>
<p>The event, which was first staged in 2008, includes eight teams. The U.S. has won the gold medal at the first two championships.</p>
<p>USA Hockey is coming off hosting the highly successful 2009 IIHF World Men&rsquo;s U18 Championship in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. </p>
<p>The World Under 20 Championship will be held in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2011 and the World Women&rsquo;s Championship will be held on U.S. soil in 2012.</p>
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<p>Meghan Hishmeh is more than just your average hockey mom. While her three sons are at hockey practice, so is she, but not as a concerned parent. She is the coach of the Peewee B New Jersey Bandits, leading the team to an undefeated record this season. </p>
<p>Prior to working with the Bandits, she was the head coach of the Princeton Day School Girls&rsquo; Varsity team, leading them to a state title in 2000. </p>
<p>A former three-year captain at the University of Vermont, Hishmeh has been a <br />USA Hockey official for nine seasons, and has worked at the IIHF Women&rsquo;s World Championships for the past two years.</p>
<p>While involved in all facets of the game, Hishmeh is more than just a coach or a referee. She is a teacher, stressing good grades and smart hockey, bringing out the best in each player.</p>
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http://usahockeymagazine.com/article/2009-06/fourth-place-bodes-well-future#comments2010 VancouverCoach of the MonthCoachesIIHFNew JerseyRon WilsonU.S. Olympic TeamU.S. Women’s Under 18 TeamTeamsWed, 03 Jun 2009 18:17:27 +0000497 at http://usahockeymagazine.com